ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— After an 8-0 season-opening statement win at home on Thursday night against Texas Southern, the Lobos close the week on the road at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Sunday.
The match will start at 11 a.m. MT/ 12 p.m. CT and will be streamed on ESPN+ with live stats also available.
SERIES HISTORY
Sunday will be the first meeting between the two programs.
ON THE RECORD
The record book came in handy on Thursday night, and after just one match in 2025, will have plenty of updates.
UNM scored eight goals in the match, the most goals scored in a season opener in program history with the previous seven goals scored against Montana in 2010, as well as the most in a match since the Lobos scored nine against Troy on Sept. 29, 2002.
It was also the first shutout in a season opener since 2019, a 1-0 win over No. 22 Texas Tech.
UNM recorded five assists in the match, the most since UNM had five against Wyoming on Sept. 24, 2021.
Fiona Jenkins accounted for three of UNM’s five assists, becoming the first player in program history to have three assists in a game.
With eight goals and five assists, UNM tallied 21 points, the most in a match by a Lobo team since UNM had 22 against Central Arkansas on Sept. 28, 2008.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Nine Lobos saw their first minutes in the season opener while three Lobos recorded their first points in their first appearance.
Celina Frenz, Gabby Beaudry, Ainsley Capps, Sherry Diep, Ayla Dils, Jasmin Gonzalez-Rutt, Savanah Sanchez, Laila Magaña Carter and Claire Roybal all registered their first minutes in a Lobo uniform, with four of them doing so in their freshman season and four after redshirting last season.
Frenz, Beaudry and Sanchez all tallied points as Frenz assisted on Nicole Anderson’s third goal, Beaudry scoring a goal in the 13th minute and Sanchez opening the match with a goal in the 7th minute.
In addition to the three mentioned above, Alèjandra Puerto tallied her first points as a Lobo with two goals.
Gonzalez-Rutt registered her first career shutout in her first appearance in net.
STEPPING UP
The Lobos will be without their leading goal scorer and starting goalkeeper from a season ago as Presley Devey and Callie Droitsch will be redshirting this season due to injury.
Devey accounted for eight of UNM’s 23 goals (34.8%) in 2024 with the Lobos also losing seven goals to graduation (three, Natalie DeGagne; two, Ellie Robinson; one each from Sophia Roberts and Margaux Clarke).
UNM returns goal scorers in Nicole Anderson (second on the team with four goals), Alysa Whelchel (tied for third with three goals) and Fiona Jenkins (one goal), with the trio combining to equal Devey’s production.
Savanah Sanchez proved capable of filling the role in the exhibition against UTEP with two goals, while Macie Harris and Whelchel each scored once against the Miners.
Equally important, the Lobos will look to find a replacement in net with three possible options in junior Alyson Campbell, junior Jasmin Gonzalez-Rutt and freshman Avah Snodgrass. Gonzalez-Rutt earned her first collegiate start against Texas Southern. Campbell didn’t appear in a match in her time at LSU and Gonzalez-Rutt joined the UNM roster in spring 2024 after playing on the club team at UNM.
In the season opener, UNM had five different goal scorers with Anderson recording a hat trick, Alèjandra Puerto recording a brace, Sanchez and Gabby Beaudry scoring their first collegiate goals and Whelchel scoring one.
UNM’s eight goals in the season opener accounted for 34.8% of the total goals scored last season, with UNM recording its eighth goal six matches into last season, which came against UTEP on Sept. 8.
In net, Gonzalez-Rutt recorded her first collegiate shutout, facing two shots on goal with TSU taking just five shots in the match.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi lost its season opener against Arkansas State 2-1 on Thursday. The Islanders took 14 shots, four on goal, with Vivianna Sykes scoring in the 79th minute to tie the match. Arkansas State scored the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute. Goalkeeper Hayven Harrison made six saves.
TAMCC went 10-5-5, 6-2-2 in the Southland Conference, and was 6-3-4 at home last season. The Islanders finished second in the Southland standings last season, and return their top-two scorers in Morgan Westbury, who led the team in scoring with six goals and also led in assists with five, with Mai-Lisa Atis the second-leading scorer with four goals.
Following Sunday’s match, the Lobos return home to face Colorado School of Mines on Sunday, Aug. 24 at noon MT. Admission for all home matches in 2025 is free.